bzalinski Posted July 16, 2016 Posted July 16, 2016 Hello everyone, For those of you that recently watched the news, you probably couldn't help but notice that there was a coup going on in Turkey yesterday night. I won't go into details about this subject, as you can look up the news for yourself. What is very interesting however, is the reaction of Turkish and other Muslim minorities across Europe. You have to know that most Turkish minorities in Europe tend to vote for their beloved dictator Erdogan. In Belgium, 65% of their community voted for him. In the Netherlands it was even higher. What does that mean ? Well it means that a majority of the Turkish community approves of Erdogan and his methods. For those who still don't know: Erdogan is the current president of Turkey. He is known for murdering or imprisoning political opponents, purging the top-tier levels of administration from any free-thinkers and owning about 80% of the media. This is who the Turkish communities will associate with. Lefties will often argue that this is because Turks are very ill informed. If Turks knew the truth about Erdogan they say, they would vote more democratically, just like us. Nothing is further from the truth. I work within the Turkish community of Brussels, so I'm very well informed when it comes to the general opinion of this community. They are well informed about Erdogan and they know what he is capable of. Despite being confronted to Erdogan's actions, they will keep support him. Because that's what strong leaders do according to them. This is their understanding of democracy. The elephant in the room is that most Turks have no understanding of democracy whatsoever. I know that as Ancaps, we tend to question democracy ourselves, but this is a whole different level of understanding. Our understanding is at least that violence is not a valid way of debating. Is it such a surprise that the rise of censorship in the West is also related to the rise of intolerant minorities ? As more and more people start to speek the truth about Muslim minorities, the media feels like it has to censor, lie and manipulate. They know the truth will lead to violence. Make no mistake, these minorities reject our way of living, they reject what we believe in. Yesterday, as the coup was going on, thousand of Turks swarmed the Belgian social media. There couldn't be more difference between us and them. As the Belgians were cheering for Erdogan's end, the Turks were weeping. This soon transformed into outrage: the Turks started to blame the West and it's values. They were angry at the fact that we were cheering for the end of their dictator. Thousands or Turks started to swarm the streets of Brussels and other European cities. They came out with Turkish flags, chanting for their leader. They started to protest in our streets. I'm saying this gain folks: thousands of Turks were out on the streets yesterday night, praising a dictator that wants to see our values gone. After the coup failed, we saw even more Turks cheering for the fact that their strong leader was victorious. What did I learn from this ? The truth is that Turks have a strong in-group preference for leaders like Erdogan. The truth is also that Europeans don't have a strong in-group preference for their rejection of Islam. They don't have a strong in-group preference for the rejection of dictators like Erdogan and their ideologies. We seem to watch passively as those minorities celebrate a dictator in our own streets. We seem passive at the idea of having thousands of those people inside our country. We seem passive at the idea that one day, if demographics aloud it, they will put their in-group preference to use in our own country. Tomorrow, I will go on the streets. For how much longer will Europeans tolerate this ? 1
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